Collective has been creating body of work around different themes in sexual and reproductive health.
This year in March, the Indian government passed the amended Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 2021 in the parliament. The new & amended rules that allow termination of pregnancies even up to 24 weeks of the gestation period stand out in sharp contrast to rules governing abortion in so-called developed countries like – the […]
What is the alternatives approaches? We are all activists and organisations who have been working to change the world. It might vary, but most of us, in some point in our lives, have encountered laws. Some of us have worked to create new laws, some of us have worked to make laws stronger. But laws […]
ആരോഗ്യപരമായ ചർച്ചകൾക്ക് വേദിയൊരുക്കുക എന്ന ലക്ഷ്യത്തോടെ 2017ൽ സ്ഥാപിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരു കൂട്ടായ്മ ആണ് Sustainable Menstruation Kerala Collective (SMKC). ആർത്തവത്തെ പറ്റിയും അതിനോട് അനുബന്ധമായി വരുന്ന ableism, gender, മാനസികാരോഗ്യം, ലൈംഗികാരോഗ്യം, പരിസ്ഥിതി തുടങ്ങിയ വിവിധ വശങ്ങളെയും ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിക്കൊണ്ടു സമഗ്രമായ സമീപനം ആവശ്യമാണ് എന്ന തിരിച്ചറിവിൽ നിന്ന് കൊണ്ട് രൂപം കൊണ്ട ഒരു കൂട്ടായ്മ ആണ് SMKC. കുട്ടികൾ, യുവജനങ്ങൾ എന്നിവരിൽ ആർത്തവത്തെയും അതിന് അനുബദ്ധമായി വരുന്ന വിഷയങ്ങളെയും പറ്റി സംസാരിക്കുവാനും, അനുഭവങ്ങൾ പങ്കുവയ്ക്കുവാനും, ചർച്ച […]
Sara’s is about the life of a happy girl who wants to be a filmmaker. She hated pregnancy since childhood and believes that she does not have the skills to deal with children. But she accidentally gets pregnant and the rest of the film is about how she deals with it in a conservative society. […]
If you read closely the Objective of latest Amendment in the Medical Termination Bill, 2020 you would really think that this Bill had an intention of coming to terms with advancement in medical technology. But that’s not the case. At an age where people are trying to colonise Mars, how difficult would it be to […]
Do you remember the time in school when you first read about leaders like Gandhi getting married when he was just a child? His wife too was a child then! Were you shocked, surprised, disgusted, or amused? When the realization dawned on you that he or his wife were the same age as you are […]
Cyber Crimes are on rise on social media platforms. More and more young people are becoming victims of it. There has been an increase in number of cyber crime cases on other online platforms as well. There are various recourses that a victim can choose in such a scenario. In such a scenario where does one go to […]
In light of the privacy debate, we at Hidden Pockets have been in conversation with Dr. Debarati Halder to understand the vulnerabilities and issues of safety in the cyber space, a world with blurry boundaries with respect to privacy. In the first part of our three part interview with Dr. Debarati Halder, she discussed about personal data […]
While the Supreme Court of India takes its time to decide if privacy should be a fundamental right conferred upon Indian citizens, it may be useful to understand the different cyber crimes that lurk in the digital world, a space that isn’t always defined by clear boundaries. In the first part of our three part interview with […]
Be it photo number, location, photos, most often, we share our personal data on social media platforms without giving it a real thought. And there are times when this data gets shared on social media platforms without our permission. Our personal data goes into wrong hands and gets leaked out in the open as revenge […]
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